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Bryan McRobert has a day job, working in Eben Sadie’s cellar, but he also does a bit of moonlighting, making a few barrels of wine under his own Tobias label. It’s so healthy for a region when winemakers are doing their own home brew because it helps to make the scene more dynamic. It helps […]

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Born in Cape Town in 1984, Bryan grew up on a wine estate 50 km North of the city. An adventurer and lover of wide open spaces, he spent two years sailing from 2002 to 2003 before going on to study at Stellenbosch University from 2004 to 2007 where he graduated with a degree in […]

Tobias is the label of Bryan MacRobert, who works with Eben Sadie in the Swartland. His Chenin Blanc goes by the retro name of Steen and we tried his 2011 last night. Really well delineated fruit, which is to say not excessively oxidative as wines from this area can be. Peach, pineapple and a touch […]